The age of two-faced Janus : : the comets of 1577 and 1618 and the decline of the Aristotelian world view in the Netherlands / / by Tabitta van Nouhuys.
This volume deals with the tracts, Latin and vernacular, published in the Netherlands on the comets of 1577 and 1618. Central to the book is the question how these cometary appearances influenced the Aristotelian world view. Three introductory chapters on the historiography of cometology and the nat...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 89 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998. |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 89. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (614 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Chapter One: Introduction: Opinio Loquitur, Ratio Respondet?
- Chapter Two: Comets After The Cessation Of Dialogue: A Historiographical Introduction
- Chapter Three: Comets Before The Cessation Of Dialogue
- Chapter Four: Greek Meets Greek: The Culmination Of Dialogue
- Chapter Five: Seneca Saves Aristotle: Cosmology In The Dutch Tracts
- Chapter Six: Cometary Concomitants: Astrology And Teratology In The Dutch Tracts
- Chapter Seven: Conclusion: The Age Of Two-Faced Janus
- Bibliography
- Index.